Submissions

OUR VISION

SAD Mag has a man­date to sup­port Vancouver’s diverse cul­ture and young artists. Contributors based in the Lower Mainland, or submissions about the region, make up the vast majority of our accepted pitches. We will very rarely make exceptions for work that is particularly compelling or relevant to the theme.

Submissions are welcome from those who have never been published before, or who are in the early stages of their careers.

To learn more about the types of stories and content we feature, please pick up a copy of SAD Mag or peruse our back issues.

Next Issue

Our next issue, TRASH (no. 25), will be released in Spring 2018. Submissions are now closed.

Cur­rent Issue (On Stands Now!)

Our cur­rent issue,SPACE (no. 24), is on stands now! Sub­scribe and get it mailed straight to your door!

Sub­mis­sion Guidelines for the Printed Magazine

Print mag­a­zine:We encourage new writ­ers to check out a copy of SAD Mag to get a feel for our pub­li­ca­tion style. While we make a sin­cere effort to reply to every pitch, we receive a high vol­ume of emails and are man­aged by a staff of volunteers. Editorial pitches can be addressed to meredyth@sadmag.ca.

Inter­views: Between 800 and 1,200 words, we include inter­views with musi­cians, artists, design­ers, and other Van­cou­ver cre­atives. Inter­views may be in profile or Q&A for­mat.

Dis­patches: Dis­patches are 300-word front-of-book pieces on the issue theme from Van­cou­verites liv­ing, work­ing, or trav­el­ling all over the world.

Poetry & Prose: Send submissions of up to 1,000 words to Keagan Perlette, Poetry & Prose Editor, at keagan@sadmag.ca. Please attach your work in a .doc or .docx file. If you are submitting more than one piece, please send them in one document. In your email, please include a short bio and any relevant contact information.

Illustrations & Photography: If you are interested in illustrating or photographing a piece specifically for the magazine please submit your website portfolio or a link to a couple pieces showcasing your style via the submission form or to design@sadmag.ca. If selected you will be assigned an article to be paired with. Please note we only publish film photography in our printed magazine.

Cur­rently, we are not accept­ing pitches for

Dig­i­tal pho­tog­ra­phy or pre-shot editorials

Music reviews

Book reviews

Sub­mis­sion Guidelines for Web

SAD Mag online is where we fea­ture local events and inter­views with cre­ative Van­cou­verites, as well as pieces on our cur­rent theme that couldn’t fit in the print issue. Web arti­cles are usu­ally 300–600 words, or longer if they include Q&As. We love pro­mot­ing the great work and art being cre­ated in our city, and encour­age writ­ers to sub­mit posts on any­thing they want to share with the Van­cou­ver arts com­mu­nity! We are par­tic­u­larly inter­ested in sto­ries or ideas that tie in with our cur­rent or upcom­ing issue themes. For style guide­lines or to share your ideas, please write to our web editors at webe­d­i­tor@sadmag.ca.

Pitches regard­ing film, visual art, performance, and design should be addressed to Sarah Bakke. Pitches about theatre, literature, comedy and events should be addressed to Sarah Thompson.

Visual:We wel­come sub­mis­sions from painters, illus­tra­tors, pho­tog­ra­phers, video­g­ra­phers, and other artists. In our print issues, we only fea­ture film pho­tog­ra­phy (includ­ing Polaroid). Please include the URL of your port­fo­lio or web­site if you have one, so we can link to you.

Call for reviewers: We're currently seeking application from writers interested in reviewing literature, visual arts, and performance for the website. Successful applicants will be assigned reviews according to the writer's individual interests and as the editors see fit. This is a volunteer position.

ART & PHOTOGRAPHY SUBMISSIONS

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Thank you so much for submitting to SAD Mag! We are a very small team and we receive many submissions each month, so please be patient as we review this with our team. If your submission is chosen for publication, or if we have a story idea that we think might interest you, we will be in touch with you directly. Please be advised that we only accept work from creatives with a connection to the city of Vancouver as our mandate is to support emerging creatives here, thanks for understanding!

STORY SUBMISSIONS

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Name

First Name

Last Name

Email Address *

Subject *

Website/Portfolio Link (optional)

Message *

Thank you so much for submitting to SAD Mag! We are a very small team and we receive many submissions each month, so please be patient as we review this with our team. If your submission is chosen for publication, or if we have a story idea that we think might interest you, we will be in touch with you directly.